Gijs Van Pottelbergh

Publicaties

• 2025
• Integrating human biomonitoring exposure data into a primary care morbidity database: a feasibility study
• 2024
• Associations of heat with diseases and specific symptoms in Flanders, Belgium: An 8-year retrospective study of general practitioner registration data
• Emergence of the B.1.214.2 SARS-CoV-2 lineage with an Omicron-like spike insertion and a unique upper airway immune signature.
• Model-based disease mapping using primary care registry data
• Association between non-registration of chronic kidney disease and mortality and cardiovascular outcome: a time-to-event analysis of retrospective primary care data.
• Developing a questionnaire to evaluate an automated audit & feedback intervention: a Rand-modified Delphi method
• Assessing mental health from registry data: What is the best proxy?
• 2023
• Pneumokokkenvaccinatie bij volwassenen in ons land
• Pneumococcal vaccination coverage and adherence to recommended dosing schedules in adults: a repeated cross-sectional study of the INTEGO morbidity registry
• Stakeholders’ experiences and perception on transitional care initiatives within an integrated care project in Belgium: a qualitative interview study.
• Trends in the registration of anxiety in Belgian primary care from 2000 to 2021: a registry-based study
• The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Registration and Care Provision of Mental Health Problems in General Practice: Registry-Based Study
• 2022
• An exploration of under-registration of chronic kidney disease stages 3-5 in Belgian general practices using logistic regression
• IgG anti-spike antibodies and surrogate neutralizing antibody levels decline faster 3 to 10 months after BNT162b2 vaccination than after SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthcare workers (vol 13, 909910, 2022)
• Incidence rates and trends of childhood urinary tract infections and antibiotic prescribing: registry-based study in general practices (2000 to 2020)
• Trends in the epidemiology of depression and comorbidities from 2000 to 2019 in Belgium
• IgG Anti-Spike Antibodies and Surrogate Neutralizing Antibody Levels Decline Faster 3 to 10 Months After BNT162b2 Vaccination Than After SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Healthcare Workers
• Lower persistence of anti-nucleocapsid compared to anti-spike antibodies up to one year after SARS-CoV-2 infection
• IgG anti-spike antibody levels in healthcare workers with and without prior COVID-19 up to 3 months after BNT162b2 vaccination
• A Resampling Method to Improve the Prognostic Model of End-Stage Kidney Disease: A Better Strategy for Imbalanced Data
• The Effects of Heatwaves on Human Morbidity in Primary Care Settings: A Case-Crossover Study
• The long and bumpy road to integrated care: lessons from the Leuven integrated care project in Belgium
• Towards integrated care in the complex healthcare system of Belgium: an implementation strategy based on vicinity networks and a mixed financing model
• The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the incidence of diseases and the provision of primary care: A registry-based study.
• 2021
• Knelpunten in de zorg voor patiënten met chronische nierinsuficiëntie: analyse van MFO-verslagen en masterthesissen
• Impact of Heat Waves on Hospitalisation and Mortality in Nursing Homes: A Case-Crossover Study
• An automated data cleaning method for Electronic Health Records by incorporating clinical knowledge
• Implementing standards of care for heart failure patients in general practice - the IMPACT-B study protocol
• The effect of automated audit and feedback on data completeness in the electronic health record of the general physician: protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
• Polypharmacy and excessive polypharmacy in community-dwelling middle aged and aged adults between 2011 and 2015
• Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of a care program based on the Chronic Care Model for patients with chronic conditions in primary care A systematic review
• 2020
• The incidence of lower respiratory tract infections and pneumococcal vaccination status in adults in flemish primary care
• Invloed dalende eGFR op cardiovasculaire events
• Developing quality indicators for Chronic Kidney Disease in primary care, extractable from the Electronic Medical Record. A Rand-modified Delphi method
• Self-management among community-dwelling people with chronic conditions: Adapting evidence-based group programs using intervention mapping
• Predictive Accuracy of Frailty Tools for Adverse Outcomes in a Cohort of Adults 80 Years and Older: A Decision Curve Analysis
• 2019
• Trends in multimorbidity and polypharmacy in the Flemish-Belgian population between 2000 and 2015
• Burden of heart failure in Flemish general practices: a registry-based study in the Intego database
• Integrated care for the inhabitants of the city Leuven: Protocol of the ZORGZAAM Leuven integrated care project.
• hoe kan het LMN de huisarts ondersteunen?
• 2018
• Time trends in statin use and incidence of recurrent cardiovascular events in secondary prevention between 1999 and 2013: a registry-based study
• Medicatieoverleg bij patiënten met CNI. Optimaliseren van de begeleiding door arts en apotheker
• Patient and treatment characteristics associated with patient activation in patients undergoing hemodialysis: a cross-sectional study
• Prognostic value of short-term decline of forced expiratory volume in 1 s over height cubed (FEV1/Ht(3)) in a cohort of adults aged 80 and over
• 2017
• Correlates of dyspnoea and its association with adverse outcomes in a cohort of adults aged 80 and over
• Association between traditional cardiovascular risk factors and mortality in the oldest old: untangling the role of frailty
• CD4: 8 ratio above 5 is associated with all-cause mortality in CMV-seronegative very old women: results from the BELFRAIL study
• Estimating the prevalence of diabetes mellitus and thyroid disorders using medication data in Flanders, Belgium
• Predictive Value of Different Expressions of Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 Second (FEV1) for Adverse Outcomes in a Cohort of Adults Aged 80 and Older
• Reorganisatie van de eerstelijnszorg in Vlaanderen. Aandachtspunten op weg naar meer patiëntgerichte zorg
• 2016
• Multidisciplinaire richtlijn Chronisch nierlijden (CNI)
• A high sense of coherence as protection against adverse health outcomes in patients aged 80 years and older
• Promoting self-management in chronically ill people within primary care: a needs assessment among patients and caregivers
• Kan een dalende bloeddruk de nierfunctie bij ouderen verslechteren?
• The clinical impact of valvular heart disease in a population-based cohort of subjects aged 80 and older
• Empowerment en zelfmanagement bij hartfalen. Implementatie in de praktijk.
• Verwijzing van CNI-patiënten naar de diëtist. Welk drempels ervaren diëtisten en patiënten?
• 2015
• Prevalence and Prognostic Impact of Valve Area-Gradient Patterns in Patients ≥80 Years With Moderate-to-Severe Aortic Stenosis (from the Prospective BELFRAIL Study)
• Interleukin-6 as a first-rated serum inflammatory marker to predict mortality and hospitalization in the oldest old: A regression and CART approach in the BELFRAIL study
• General practitioners' judgment of chronic heart failure in the oldest old. Insights from the BELFRAIL study
• Multimorbidity measures were poor predictors of adverse events in patients aged≥ 80 years: a prospective cohort study
• CD4:8 Ratio > 5 Is Associated With a Dominant Naive T-Cell Phenotype and Impaired Physical Functioning in CMV-Seropositive Very Elderly People: Results From the BELFRAIL Study
• Respiratory function and its predictive value for health related outcomes in the BELFRAIL cohort
• Multimorbiditeit: een complex fenomeen
• No relation between CMV infection and mortality in the oldest old: results from the Belfrail study
• Short-term prognostic value of forced expiratory volume in 1 second divided by height cubed in a prospective cohort of people 80 years and older
• The correlation between blood pressure and kidney function decline in older people: a registry-based cohort study
• 2014
• Verwijzing naar een diëtist bij patiënten met chronische nierinsufficiëntie: Waar gaat het mis?
• noodzakelijke dosisaanpassingen voor vaak gebruikte medicatie bij patiënten met een gedaalde nierfunctie: een poging om door de bomen het bos te zien
• Two sides of the same coin? Patients’ and nurses’ attitudes towards education in chronic care
• Patient preferences for education strategies in individuals with a chronic disease
• Drug prescriptions unadapted to the renal function in patients aged 80 years and older (a.)
• Langetermijnevolutie van de nierfunctie bij patiënten met type 2 diabetes
• Muscle Strength and Physical Performance as Predictors of Mortality, Hospitalization, and Disability in the Oldest Old
• The glomerular filtration rate estimated by new and old equations as a predictor of important outcomes in elderly patients
• Significance of serum immune markers in identification of global functional impairment in the oldest old: cross-sectional results from the BELFRAIL study
• 2013
• Prediction of mortality and functional decline by changes in eGFR in the very elderly: the Leiden 85-plus study
• Value of Adding Natriuretic Peptides and Electrocardiographic Findings to Assess the Presence of Cardiac Dysfunction in Patients ≥ 80 Years of Age
• Prevalentie van chronisch nierfalen bij mensen met diabetes type 2. Intego in de praktijk
• Wat is de meerwaarde van proteïnuriebepaling bij hypertensiepatiënten? Resultaten van een praktijkonderzoek
• Measuring the glomerular filtration rate in different age groups using iohexol, the protocol from the Belgian Iohexol Study
• CD4/CD8 ratio > 5 is associated with a higher proportion of naïve CD8 and CD4 T-cells and an impaired physical functioning in the very elderly: results from the BELFRAIL study
• The diagnosis and outcome of chronic kidney disease in older persons
• Long-term evolution of renal function in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a registry-based retrospective cohort study
• The influence of renal function on vitamin d metabolism in the very elderly
• A more late-differentiated CD8 compartment is associated with a higher anti-CMV neutralising capacity in elderly women
• CD4/CD8 ratio > 5 is associated with a higher proportion of naïve CD8 and CD4 T-cells and an impaired physical functioning in the very elderly: results from the BELFRAIL study
• No relation between vitamin D status and physical performance in the oldest old: results from the Belfrail study
• 2012
• Wat is de meest precieze formule om de GFR te schatten?
• The impact of confounders on the test performance of natriuretic peptides for cardiac dysfunction in subjects aged 80 and older
• Chronische nierinsufficiëntie: richtlijn versus zorgtraject zoek de meer dan zeven verschillen
• Significance of serum immune markers in identification of functional impairment in the oldest old: cross-sectional results from the BELFRAIL study
• Drug use unadapted to the renal function in patients aged 80 years and older
• Relevance of identifying a low renal function in the very elderly
• betere criteria voor inclusie in het zorgtraject chronishce nierinsufficiëntie: een kritische noot
• The evolution of renal function and the incidence of end-stage renal disease in patients aged >=50 years
• Vitamine D tekort bij ouderen
• Significance of serum immune markers in identification of functional impairment in the oldest old: cross sectional results from the BELFRAIL study
• The prevalence of chronic kidney disease in a Flemish primary care morbidity register
• The prevalence of cardiac dysfunction and the correlation with poor functioning among the very elderly
• The prevalence and detection of chronic kidney disease (CKD)-related metabolic complications as a function of estimated glomerular filtration rate in the oldest old
• 2011
• Estimating GFR in the oldest old: does it matter what equation we use?
• The evolution of the renal function and the incidence of end stage renal disease in patients aged 50 and older
• The prevalence of CKD related complications in function of estimated glomerulair filtration rates in the oldest of old, results of the BELFRAIL study
• Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination uptake and determinants
• Prevalence of impaired renal function in the elderly in the St. Petersburg District: results of the Crystal study
• 2010
• Estimating the GFR in the oldest old: does it matter what formula we use
• Methods to evaluate renal function in elderly patients: a systematic literature review
• Patiënten met nierschade: proteiurie opsporen met behulp van de Albumine-creatinine ratio
• Evolutie van de nierfunctie na het opstarten van RAAS inhibitoren
• The BELFRAIL (BFC80+) study: a population-based prospective cohort study of the very elderly in Belgium
• Chronische nierschade: aandachtspunten voor clinici
• Chronic CMV infection in the oldest old: associations with disability and frailty
• 2008
• Methoden om de nierfunctie te schatten: een vergelijkende studie tussen de Cockroft-Gault-formule en de MDRD-formule